different between goat vs mizithra

English

Etymology

From Middle English goot, got, gat, from Old English g?t, from Proto-West Germanic *gait, from Proto-Germanic *gaits, from a substrate language.

The sense of lecherous man derives from the slang expression "horny as a goat".

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???t/, /???t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?o?t/, [?o??(t?)], [?o?(?)t?]
• Rhymes: -??t
• (Scotland, Canada, North-East England) IPA^(key): /?o?t/
• (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /????t/

Noun

goat (plural goats)

1. A mammal, Capra aegagrus hircus, and similar species of the genus Capra.
   1. (uncountable) The meat of the aforementioned animal.

2. (slang) A lecherous man.
3. (informal) A scapegoat.
   • 2008, "Tigers already miss Jones", in Royal Oak Daily Tribune (Michigan), Aug 6, 2008

     Fernando Rodney, the goat in Sunday's 10th inning loss to Tampa Bay, threw three nearly perfect innings in relief on Tuesday after being demoted from the closer role.

   • 1997, "1997 World Series", Game 7, bottom 11th inning, TV broadcast on NBC Sports, early morning October 27, 1997; words by Bob Costas

     Tony Fernández, who has worn hero's laurels throughout the postseason including earlier in this seventh game of the World Series, now cruel as it may seem, perhaps being fitted for goat horns.

4. (slang) A Pontiac GTO car.
5. (speech recognition) A person who is not easily understood by a speech recognition system; contrasted with sheep.
6. A fool, loser, or object of ridicule.

Synonyms

• (lecherous man): See also Thesaurus:libertine
• (scapegoat): See also Thesaurus:scapegoat

Holonyms

• (group of goats): tribe, herd

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Abenaki: kots (from "goats")
• ? Marshallese: koot
• ? Rotokas: goti

Translations

See also

• chevon
• ewe
• herd
• hircine
• kid
• ram
• tribe
• Appendix:collective nouns objects-G

Verb

goat (third-person singular simple present goats, present participle goating, simple past and past participle goated)

1. (transitive) To allow goats to feed on.
   • 1918, Agricultural Experiment Station, Director's Biennial Report - Page 51

     Rape and clover has yielded 283 sheep days of pasture, practically dry weather […] For the coming year it is planned to goat this area continuously

2. (transitive) To scapegoat.
   • 2001, "A worthy Rusch to judgment", in USA Today, July 15, 2001

     John Rocker, meanwhile, was spared from getting goated because he didn't blow a save

Anagrams

• gato, Gøta, Toga, atgo, toga, TOGA

West Frisian

Noun

goat c (plural goaten, diminutive goatsje)

1. Alternative form of goate

English

Alternative forms

• misíthra

Noun

mizithra (uncountable)

1. A Greek unpasteurized cheese made from sheep’s or goat’s milk.
   • 1830, William Martin Leake, Travels in the Morea: With a Map and Plans, volume 1, chapter 11: “Messenia — Arcadia”, pages 487–488

     The man with whom we take shelter has his wife and children, and his sons’ wives and all their children, to the number of twelve or fifteen, in the tent. Milk and misíthra is their only food: “We have milk in plenty,” they tell me, “but no bread.” Such is the life of a modern Arcadian shepherd, who has almost reverted to the balanephagous state of his primitive ancestors?. The children, however, all look healthy, and are handsome, having large black eyes and regular features, with very dark complexions.

     ????????? ?????? ???????????, ?? ????????? ????????, &c.?—?Orac[ulum] Pyth[iæ] ap[ud] Pausan[ian de] Arcad[iâ in] c[apite] 42.

     ??Azanian Arcadians, acorn-eaters, who dwell in Phigaleia, &c.?—?Oracle of Pythia in the writings of Pausanias on Arcadia in chapter 42.